NIGERIA – Spanish culinary products manufacturer GBfoods, having operations in Nigeria has inaugurated a N20 billion (US$51.9m) Tomato processing factory in Kebbi state, aimed to help the country achieve self-sufficiency in production of tomatoes and its related products.

Through its wide product range which include taste enhances, ready meals, soups, infusions, among other, GBfoods has earned itself a wide market share in Nigeria thanks to some of its notable brands like Gino tomato mix, Bama mayonnaise and Jango dairy products.

The N20 billion (US$51.9m) factory was established in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kebbi State Government and the Emirate of Yauri.

The CEO of GBfoods Africa, Mr. Vicenç Bosch, commended the Federal Government for encouraging and supporting GBfoods to engage with CBN, Ministries, Kebbi State Government and the Ngaski Local Government Authorities to ensure the successful completion of the factory.

Mr Vincent Egbe, the Country Manager, GBfoods Nigeria said, “The commissioning of this processing factory is a great milestone for us. It further demonstrates the company’s commitment towards helping Nigeria achieve its food security ambitions, in this case, of self-sufficiency in tomato concentrate production.”

According to a report by This Day, the factory is now the second largest in Nigeria and the only fully backward integrated plant in ECOWAS having the largest single tomato farm in Nigeria.

The investment, in the world-class factory and adjoining farm, includes a drip irrigation and fertigation infrastructure, greenhouses, seed planting robots, an incubation chambers and a plethora of agricultural machinery.

The farm is set to serve a dual purpose of producing industrial tomatoes in the dry season and soya beans in the raining season.

The tomato factory will convert fresh tomatoes into tomato concentrate used for producing Gino Tomatoes Paste and Gino Tomato Pepper Onion Paste while the soya bean will be used to process soya-bean oil which is a critical ingredient for GBfoods’ Bama and Jago Mayonnaise, indicated the reports.

The project has so far created over a 1,000 jobs including, 500 farming jobs, 150 factory jobs and 150 construction jobs. GBfoods has also engaged many small holder farmers as out-growers.

They have trained the out-growers on good agricultural practices, provided them with tomatoes seedlings, agrochemicals and various equipment such as water pumps and hose pipes that will enable the farmers have access to water in the dry season.

The factory will engage over 5,000 out-growers, in the coming tomatoes season.

https://www.foodbusinessafrica.com/spanish-food-manufacturer-gbfoods-commissions-us51-9m-tomato-processing-factory-in-nigeria/



1,000 jobs created just like that..

Hnnnm

Good news.

Wealthy Nigerians(with the full support of FG and State government) need to start investing in large merchanize farming.

Na wise company

I wonder why the op included buharis pic in this post even when we know he contributed nothing to this development.

I Wonder How Dangote will feel if he hear this

Brexxit:
I wonder why the op included buharis pic in this post even when we know he contributed nothing to this development.

This is about Nigeria, not about you Igbos and your hateful, bitter, angry, frustrated and bigoted and Nigerian mentality.

Take your bitterness to one of your ESN terrorists and bandit threads..

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Brexxit:
I wonder why the op included buharis pic in this post even when we know he contributed nothing to this development.

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Good move... Make bandit no spoil am o

What did Anthony Joshua's picture doing there...

Why can't OP JUST put that flag behind AJ instead of Buhari....

Desmond Elliott has happened to OP

Hope this will bring more employment to the state? I wish the people of kebbi state good luck.

K

Good development!!! But what is Anthony joshua pics doing there

a single senator in nigeria can build 2 off that factory from his loot without sweating

That's great.

Why is The North yet to understand that they are the most blessed region in Nigeria

Good news plenty today o. Bravo GB Foods.

Don't get the Anthony Joshua's image tho

I was there to inspect electrification of the factory.
The project is indeed a good one for Kebbi state and nation at large.

I pray for its sustainability.

Once you see posts like this, you know it's from a blind buhari supporter. If not explain why the poster refused to upload pics of the multi billion factory, nor upload the production machines but rather uploaded buhari's pic and Anthony Joshua (one of buhari's supposed achievements) nairaland is turning to a joke. All I see are PDP vs apc banters, North vs south banters, Christian vs muslim banters. I'm sorry to say but majority of Nigerians are plain dumb and are on the negative end of evolution. Very few in this country can reason logically and it's a shame. Tufiakwa unu

Camberlo:
I was there to inspect electrification of the factory.
The project is indeed a good one for Kebbi state and nation at large.

I pray for its sustainability.

thats if kidnappers dont start kidnapping their workers

Brexxit:
I wonder why the op included buharis pic in this post even when we know he contributed nothing to this development.

Will you run along?

This thread is about positivity.

Great....... The north is truly a leader in food items, other regions are just learning.....was in Kebbi and other nw states view my funding here

https://www.nairaland.com/6529242/tour-round-north-west-nigeria

Including the home town of Buhari, imagine rice was less than twenty thousand for foreign one oo

Kul

Good investment
But not in he right location.
some persons get mind oh.
When they know Boko harams and thenirth don't want to have anything to do with Western world

Rubbish!

This is a paid post by a cheap paid agent!!!

Look at the pics attached to the post and you will easily tell it is a paid post.

These BMC monthly stipend collectors are hell bent on saving the already dead reputation of the useless lifeless vegetable called Buhari

Good development. We need more of this.



Meanwhile we sell quality day old Chicks from reputable hatcheries across the country at affordable prices.

We deliver nationwide.

iammo:
a single senator in nigeria can build 2 off that factory from his loot without sweating

yes. You can even build ten of it but what of the technical manpower needed? Building a factory isn't enough. Who runs it?

Brexxit:
I wonder why the op included buharis pic in this post even when we know he contributed nothing to this development.

But it were that igbo people kill igbo people, you would have no problem seeing Buhari's picture there as the cause.
You better no die of hatred for Buhari, otherwise hell fire will be your aboard.